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2 Corinthians 7:8-11

[8] Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Though I did regret it—I see that my letter hurt you, but only for a little while— [9] yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us. [10] Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. [11] See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done. At every point you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

Sermon Notes Outline

1. The Key to Growth is Repentance

   1. 2 Corinthians 7:8-9

   2. Repentance is identifying and removing the idols of the heart.

2. The Key to Repentance if Identifying the Core Issues

   1. 2 Corinthians 7:9b

3. How to Repent

   1. 2 Corinthians 7:10

4. Repentance Yields Fruit

   1. 2 Corinthians 7:11

Shiloh (Mini Rabbit Trail at Break)

1. Genesis 49:10 (NASB)

2. “The world was created…for the sake of the Messiah, what is this Messiah’s name? The school of Rabbi Shila said: His name is Shiloh, for it is written, until Shiloh come.'”
   (Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedran 98b, Rabbi Johanan)

3. John 18:31 (NASB)

4. “A little more than forty years before the destruction of the Temple, the power of pronouncing capital sentences was taken away from the Jews.” (Jerusalem Talmud, Sanhedrin, folio 24)